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Black Snow
Mikhail Bulgakov
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Description for Black Snow
Paperback. Unpublished in Bulgakov's own lifetime, Black Snow (also known as A Theatrical Novel) - here presented in a new translation - is peppered with darkly comic set pieces and draws on its author's own bitter experience as a playwright with the Moscow Arts Theatre, showcasing his inimitable gift for shrewd observation and razor-sharp satire. Translator(s): Cockrell, Roger. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 19. Weight in Grams: 244.
After being saved from a suicide attempt by the appearance of a literary editor, the journalist and failed novelist Sergei Maxudov has a book suddenly accepted for stage adaptation at a prestigious venue and finds himself propelled into Moscow's theatrical world. In a cut-throat environment tainted by Soviet politics, censorship and egomania - epitomized by the arrogant and tyrannical director Ivan Vasilyevich - mayhem gradually gives way to absurdity. Unpublished in Bulgakov's own lifetime, Black Snow is peppered with darkly comic set pieces and draws on its author's own bitter experience as a playwright with the Moscow Arts Theatre, ... Read more
After being saved from a suicide attempt by the appearance of a literary editor, the journalist and failed novelist Sergei Maxudov has a book suddenly accepted for stage adaptation at a prestigious venue and finds himself propelled into Moscow's theatrical world. In a cut-throat environment tainted by Soviet politics, censorship and egomania - epitomized by the arrogant and tyrannical director Ivan Vasilyevich - mayhem gradually gives way to absurdity. Unpublished in Bulgakov's own lifetime, Black Snow is peppered with darkly comic set pieces and draws on its author's own bitter experience as a playwright with the Moscow Arts Theatre, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Alma Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Weight
244g
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Richmond, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781847493538
SKU
V9781847493538
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About Mikhail Bulgakov
Born in Kiev in 1891 to Russian parents, Mikhail Bulgakov trained as a doctor and volunteered for the Red Cross on the outbreak of the First World War. He later enlisted as a doctor for the anti-Bolshevik White Army, before eventually giving up medicine to concentrate on literature. The Master and Margarita is his most famous work, and has been ... Read more
Reviews for Black Snow
Cockrell's light touch often lifts the text on to a playful plane.
Russia Beyond the Headlines
High quality, attractively produced and moderately priced.
East-West Review
Russia Beyond the Headlines
High quality, attractively produced and moderately priced.
East-West Review